Whanganui Regional Museum

The Whanganui Regional Museum in Whanganui, New Zealand, has an extensive collection of natural and human-history objects. The emphasis is on items from the Manawatu-Wanganui region, but the collection also includes objects of national and international significance, such as Pacific tapa, ceramics from Asia and Cyprus, and moa bones from nearby Makirikiri Swamp.[1]

Local naturalist and jeweller Samuel Henry Drew was instrumental in establishing the museum; his private collection was sold to the town, and he was honorary curator when the then-Wanganui Public Museum opened on 24 March 1895.[2]

The Museum is now located at Queen's Park Memorial, Watt Street, Whanganui.[3] The Queen's Park building was constructed in 1928[4] and extended in 1968.

References

  1. ↑ Worthy, Trevor H. (1989). "An analysis of moa bones (Aves: Dinornithiformes) from three lowland North Island swamp sites: Makirikiri, Riverlands and Takapau Road". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 19 (4): 419–432. doi:10.1080/03036758.1989.10421845.
  2. ↑ Noble, Kaye (7 June 2013). "Drew, Samuel Henry". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Whanganui Regional Museum
  4. ↑ Whanganui Places –Te Ara

Coordinates: 39°55′54″S 175°03′07″E / 39.9317°S 175.0519°E / -39.9317; 175.0519

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